About caroline

The protagonist, Carrie is a young girl of eighteen when she takes a train to Chicago. She meets a traveling salesman named Drouet and moves in with him after a few weeks. After being wooed by Hurstwood, she is kidnapped by him and taken to New York. Hurstwood's financial decline forces her to apply for jobs in the theater, and she soon becomes a well known actress. She leaves Hurstwood near the end and enjoys great success as one of Broadway's stars. However, even in all her wealth Carrie remains unhappy at the end.